Program Manager

Saint Paul, MN - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Experience Required: 5years

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Program Management

Develop comprehensive program portfolio and project plans using Waterfall Agile and Hybrid delivery methodologies.

Define scope goals deliverables and timelines.

Apply extensive vendor management experience to ensure delivery of contractual scope within agreed upon constraints.

Leverage experience to actively manage testing activities and resources to ensure unit performance functionality and user testing objectives are met.

Utilize departmental tools for program and project management tracking and reporting.

Team Leadership

Demonstrate business acumen and professionalism in order to clearly communicate with senior level executives in oral written and presentation formats.

Lead conversations to facilitate the prioritization road mapping and trade off discussions with program stakeholders.

Manage project managers within the program to provide day to day guidance and oversight in order to ensure service delivery.

Support a collaborative and productive work and PMO team environment.

Facilitate communication and coordination for projects / programs across cross-functional teams.

Lead change management and conflict resolution efforts within the program.

Ensure teams have clear roles responsibilities and deliverables.

Stakeholder Management

Build strong stakeholder relationships to become a trusted advisor to project sponsors and senior leaders.

Communicate project status risks and issues to stakeholders and executive management in a timely manner to set expectations and escalate as appropriate.

Ensure alignment of project objectives with business goals through stakeholder management activities.

Risk & Issue Management

Proactively identify assess and manage project / program risks and issues through mitigation planning.

Monitor and report project / program progress and performance throughout delivery lifecycle.

Budget & Resource Management

Develop and manage program and project budgets per governance requirements.

Allocate resources effectively to ensure program and project success through demand management and capacity planning for projects / programs assigned.

Monitor expenditures and ensure adherence to budget constraints.

Transformation & Organizational Change Management

Oversee / Lead transformation and change management scope within the program as appropriate to ensure solution adoption and process adherence.

Process Improvement

Support the evaluation and refinement of project management methodologies and processes.

Support continuous improvement initiatives within the PMO.

Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging practices.

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma or GED AND nine (9) years of experience managing multiple IT and business projects

Note: Highest completed degree in the following majors: Computer Science Business Management or Project Management will count towards the minimum nine (9) years of required work experience.

Associates degree counts as two years of experience

Bachelors degree or higher counts as four years of experience

Two (2) or more years in a lead role that required collaboration across multiple divisions with stakeholders from varying organizational levels.

Active PMP or PgMP Certification

Active CSM or SAFe Certification

2 years experience with MS Project

1 years experience with Azure Dev Ops or Jira

Desired Skills

Experience program managing large complex SaaS vendor implementations

Experience program managing transit initiatives

Exceptional soft skills and emotional intelligence to navigate at multiple levels across the organization

Strong communication and collaboration skills

Proven track record of delivering large initiatives within challenging constraints

Experience with PPM Tools

Required Skills:

In a lead role that required collaboration across multiple divisions with stakeholders from varying organizational levels. Active PMP or PgMP Certification Active CSM or SAFe Certification 2 years experience with MS Project 1 years experience with Azure Dev Ops or Jira

Required Education:

Associates degree counts as two years of experienceBachelors degree or higher counts as four years of experience

Program Management Develop comprehensive program portfolio and project plans using Waterfall Agile and Hybrid delivery methodologies. Define scope goals deliverables and timelines. Apply extensive vendor management experience to ensure delivery of contractual scope within agreed...